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Freedom United is a global anti-slavery community, using our collective power to demand change. Let’s end modern slavery together!
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 5d
CAMPAIGN WIN! Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1362 into law!

The passage of this bill is a groundbreaking step forward in ensuring temporary migrant workers in #California are safer from exploitation, abuse, & unfair recruitment practices.

More on this success: ow.ly/b7nY50X5U37
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 2d
A Libyan patrol boat opened fire on a rescue vessel in the Mediterranean days after 42 NGOs sent an open letter to Brussels about EU funding enabling violence. Aid groups say the attacks expose the deadly consequences of Europe’s migration pact with Libya.
EU funds, Libya fires, and migrants pay - FreedomUnited.org
A Libyan patrol boat opened fire on a rescue vessel in the Mediterranean just days after 42 NGOs sent an open letter to Brussels on EU funding was enabling violence.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 3d
At the Make Them Pay rally in London we highlighted how billionaire wealth has grown in parallel with forced labor. Freedom United joined voices demanding accountability, calling out fortunes built on the backs of exploited workers in supply chains, particularly fashion.
Londoners take to the streets in protest of oppression and injustice
Crowds marched through the streets of London demanding the government start protecting workers instead of billionaires.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 4d
Kenyan police stopped 22 Kenyans from being trafficked into forced conscription for Russia's war on Ukraine. Authorities seized recruitment materials and arrested one suspect, exposing a syndicate exploiting job seekers through debt bondage schemes.
Government breaks up trafficking ring forcing victims to fight - FreedomUnited.org
Amid growing concerns about the number of Kenyans being lured into modern slavery by false promises of a good job overseas, a recent raid led to arrests and liberation.  
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 4d
For years, migrant workers recruited abroad into California's agriculture sector were exploited by unscrupulous recruiters. Now, in a ground-breaking step, these recruiters will no longer operate without oversight, helping prevent human trafficking before it starts.
Historic win: passage of ground-breaking California law - FreedomUnited.org
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs major legislation into law that Freedom United and partners have been tirelessly campaigning for.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 5d
At 13, Shams Ali* was forced into marriage, losing her childhood and rights. Now a survivor, she warns Iraq’s new law lowering the marriage age to nine will entrench child marriage and exploitation. Her story is a call to action.

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Forced child marriage survivor condemns Iraq's new marriage law
Forced child marriage survivor condemns Iraq’s new marriage law—"Passing such a law means nothing but legitimizing violence".
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 5d
CAMPAIGN WIN! Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1362 into law!

The passage of this bill is a groundbreaking step forward in ensuring temporary migrant workers in #California are safer from exploitation, abuse, & unfair recruitment practices.

More on this success: ow.ly/b7nY50X5U37
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 7d
After escaping years of trafficking, Cassandra is rebuilding her life but facing crippling coerced debt from fraudulent loans made in her name. While financial institutions acknowledge her situation, the Canada Revenue Agency refuses to offer relief.
Trapped by fraudulent debt Canadian government failing survivors - FreedomUnited.org
Most financial institutions recognize debt incurred in trafficking situations as “coerced debt” but the CRA is failing survivors.  
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 8d
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is putting lives at risk with her dangerous statements about trafficking survivors. Mahmood accused survivors of making “vexatious last-minute claims” relating to modern slavery to prevent their forced removal.
Dangerous rhetoric puts trafficking survivors at risk - FreedomUnited.org
UK home secretary is accused of putting lives at risk after accusing asylum seekers of making “vexatious last-minute claims”.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 8d
Pakistan’s new law banning child marriage was celebrated globally. Yet weak enforcement allows forced child marriage to persist across the country, exposing millions to exploitation, early pregnancies, domestic violence, and exclusion from education.
Pakistan’s lax enforcement leading to millions of child brides - FreedomUnited.org
Despite constitutional protections, child marriage still runs rampant in Pakistan due to a lack of enforcement.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 9d
Africa’s mineral boom for clean energy runs on exploited workers. Lawsuits expose tech giants’ supply chain abuses over modern slavery and child deaths in cobalt mines, while women leaders fight to break the cycle and demand safe and just mining practices.
Clean energy boom powered by child labor across Africa - FreedomUnited.org
The clean energy transition is driving a surge in demand for minerals from the DRC and across Africa—and powering a child labor crisis.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 9d
An Italian journalist’s photographs and video captured Libyan militias dumping migrants into the Mediterranean. The images expose the deadly costs of Europe’s partnership with Libya, enabling trafficking, forced labor, and murder.
Libyan officials dump migrants at sea
Shocking new footage shows Libyan officials throwing migrants into the Mediterranean. Survivors say some were executed.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 12d
London’s High Court halted the deportation of an Eritrean man, ruling the Home Office failed its legal obligations to investigate human trafficking claims, marking the first legal challenge to the UK-France controversial “one in, one out” removal policy.

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UK’s “one-in, one-out” scheme undermines trafficking protections - FreedomUnited.org
UK's new "one-in, one-out" scheme risks violating the their statutory obligations to identify and protect victims of human trafficking.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 12d
Venezuela’s economic collapse fuels the exploitation of women, children, Indigenous people, and migrants through forced labor, sexual exploitation, and forced marriage, aided by corruption, organized crime, and weak international coordination.

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Traffickers in Venezuela exploiting economic collapse - FreedomUnited.org
Between forced labor, sexual exploitation and forced marriages, criminal networks are leveraging Venezuela's current instability.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 13d
Migrant workers arriving in the UK on skilled visas are being trapped in debt bondage across hotels, restaurants, & takeaway outlets. They face illegal fees, coercion, and threats of deportation—echoing the systemic modern slavery uncovered in the care sector.

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Modern slavery moves into UK's hospitality sector- FreedomUnited.org
Lured by promises of a better life, migrant workers are instead experiencing the same abuses as caregivers at the hands of their employers
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 17d
Cuba’s prisons operate a state-run forced labor system, compelling at least 60,000 incarcerated people—disproportionately Afro-Cuban—to produce cigars and charcoal for export under threats, unsafe conditions, and sexual violence.

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Cuban cigars linked to forced prison labor
A new report estimates that least 60,000 prisoners in Cuba are in forced labor, making cigars and charcoal under threats.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 18d
The Trump administration is set to cut funding for over 100 victim service providers across the US —leaving at least 3,000 survivors of human trafficking without support in effect on October 1.

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US anti-trafficking capacity gutted, survivor support in jeopardy
US anti-trafficking capacity is being dismantled worldwide and at home while lifesaving services for survivors are at risk of shutting down.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 20d
🎤 We hit the streets to test people’s knowledge on modern slavery and forced child marriage.

How many did you get right? 🤓

👉 Take the quiz on Forced Child Marriage: www.riddle.com/view/WpulZtdG

#StreetInterview #FreedomUnited #TestYourKnowledge
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 22d
Data shows that temporary visa holders are vulnerable to trafficking, yet federal agencies have looked away. California could pass a law that would strengthen protections for temporary migrant workers against exploitation by abusive labor recruiters.
Can California stop traffickers before they strike?
California could hold foreign labor recruiters accountable and protect more temporary migrant workers from trafficking and exploitation.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 23d
Six years ago, police were tipped off by a survivor of severe labor exploitation at a factory, where 91 Malawian nationals—including 37 children—were forced to work 11-hour shifts, seven days a week. Recently, a judge convicted the traffickers to prison.
Survivor tip leads to multiple trafficking convictions- FreedomUnited.org
A judge in South Africa recently found seven Chinese nationals guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping six years after a raid due to a tip-off from an escaped worker.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 24d
Global forced labor laws are being undermined as major shoe companies exploit labor transfer schemes in China. Workers, including Uyghur minorities, are trafficked to factories making major brands’ sneakers, while they evade accountability.
Are major shoe brands avoiding forced labor laws? - FreedomUnited.org
New evidence points to some shoe companies as dodging forced labor prevention laws through obfuscation tactics and labor transfer schemes.  
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 24d
East Africans are being trafficked to southeast Asia’s cyber-scam compounds, forced to commit online fraud under brutal conditions. Criminal syndicates exploit youth unemployment and government migration programs, trapping thousands in modern slavery.
East Africans trafficked into Myanmar cyber slavery industry - FreedomUnited.org
Many east Africans are being promised legitimate jobs abroad, only to find themselves trafficked into the Myanmar cyber-slavery industry.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 25d
Pakistani authorities arrested NGO leader for trafficking minors, labeling them as “abandoned babies” with little proof of how they entered institutionalized care, revealing how weak safeguards in Pakistan enable such exploitation.
Weak child safeguards fuel orphanage trafficking in Pakistan - FreedomUnited.org
Orphanage trafficking scandal in Pakistan reveals how weak safeguarding of children enables this kind of exploitation to persist.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 26d
At least 27 million people are trapped in forced labor—making the clothes, electronics, and luxury goods that fuel billionaire fortunes.

These men have the power to stop it. But they don’t. Because exploitation is profitable.

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Succession show cover with the copy "Do ethical billionaires exist?" Image of Elon Musk Image of Bernard Arnault Image of Jeff Bezos
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 27d
On September 3, 2025, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Their purpose was clear: to demand transparency, accountability, and the recognition of what crime had been committed against them—sex trafficking.
Dismissing Epstein’s crimes endangers all trafficking survivors- FreedomUnited.org
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington DC to demand transparency and accountability.
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Freedom United @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social · 28d
A prison described as “the bloodiest prison in America” is slated to be filled with migrant detainees in coming months. The facility joins an alarming list of detention centers popping up across the US.
Migrants locked in America’s “bloodiest prison” - FreedomUnited.org
A prison described as “the bloodiest prison in America” is slated to be filled with migrant detainees in coming months.
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